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China's convulsive Cultural Revolution was conceived in 1966 as a 'great revolution that would touch the people to their very souls'. How are we to assess its impact fifty years on? In this volume, leading social and political scientists, historians and anthropologists examine the long-lasting consequences of the political, social, economic and cultural upheaval unleashed by Mao Zedong. Contributions from authors working within and outside the People's Republic of China consider the impact of this tumultuous mass movement from perspectives as diverse as market-based economic reform, clothing and fashion, the grassroots movements of late 1960s across the globe and the so-called 'lost generation' of sent-down youth. We find that collective and personal memories of the Cultural Revolution and its enduring institutional and social legacies continue to exert a profound effect on China and the Chinese people today.

Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976) --- China --- History

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In contemporary China, the Cultural Revolution remains a delicate topic, little discussed, but if a Chinese citizen has read one book on the subject, it is likely to be Ji's memoir. When The Cowshed was published in China in 1998, it quickly became a bestseller. The Cultural Revolution had nearly disappeared from the collective memory. Prominent intellectuals rarely spoke openly about the revolution, and books on the subject were almost nonexistent. By the time of Ji's death in 2009, little had changed, and despite its popularity, The Cowshed remains one of the only testimonies of its kind.

MAO ERA -- 92 --- VIOLENCE -- 92 --- INTELLECTUAL LIFE -- 92 --- Scholars --- Ji, Xianlin, --- Chi, Hsien-lin --- 季羡林 --- 季羨林 --- China --- History --- Intellectual life --- 1949-1976 --- Biography --- Personal narratives --- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 --- Ji, Xianlin --- Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976) --- 1949 - 1976 --- S02/0220 --- S05/0221 --- S06/0435 --- China: General works--Intellectuals: after 1949 --- China: Biographies and memoirs--20th century and later: individuals --- China: Politics and government--Cultural Revolution --- ji, xian lin

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As the tumultuous decade of the 1960s ended, a number of very traditional, very conservative, highly prestigious colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom decided to go coed, seemingly all at once, in a remarkably brief span of time. Coeducation met with fierce resistance. As one alumnus put it in a letter to his alma mater, "Keep the damned women out." Focusing on the complexities of institutional decision making, this book tells the story of this momentous era in higher education-revealing how coeducation was achieved not by organized efforts of women activists, but through strategic decisions made by powerful men.In America, Ivy League schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Dartmouth began to admit women; in Britain, several of the men's colleges at Cambridge and Oxford did the same. What prompted such fundamental change? How was coeducation accomplished in the face of such strong opposition? How well was it implemented? Nancy Weiss Malkiel explains that elite institutions embarked on coeducation not as a moral imperative but as a self-interested means of maintaining a first-rate applicant pool. She explores the challenges of planning for the academic and non-academic lives of newly admitted women, and shows how, with the exception of Mary Ingraham Bunting at Radcliffe, every decision maker leading the charge for coeducation was male.Drawing on unprecedented archival research, "Keep the Damned Women Out" is a breathtaking work of scholarship that is certain to be the definitive book on the subject.

College administrators --- Universities and colleges --- Coeducation --- Women --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Education --- Single-sex classes (Education) --- Single-sex schools --- Colleges --- Degree-granting institutions --- Higher education institutions --- Higher education providers --- Institutions of higher education --- Postsecondary institutions --- Public institutions --- Schools --- Education, Higher --- Administrators, College --- Administrators, University --- College officials --- Officials, College --- Officials, University --- University administrators --- University officials --- School administrators --- History --- Administration --- Amy Gutmann. --- Black Power. --- Derek Bok. --- Equal Rights Amendment. --- Hanna Holborn Gray. --- Lawrence Summers. --- NAACP. --- Robert F. Goheen. --- Seven Sisters. --- William G. Bowen. --- antiwar movement. --- cultural revolution. --- discrimination on the basis of sex. --- diversity. --- equal access. --- equal rights. --- feminism. --- feminist. --- gender diversity. --- gender imbalance. --- gender-blind admissions. --- income discrimination. --- old boy network. --- protest movements. --- sex discrimination. --- sex-blind admissions. --- sexual discrimination. --- sexual harassment. --- student movements. --- suffrage. --- women's movement. --- women's studies.

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When the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. Yet today's Russia appears to be retreating from democracy, not progressing toward it. Ruling Russia is the only book of its kind to trace the history of modern Russian politics from the Bolshevik Revolution to the presidency of Vladimir Putin. It examines the complex evolution of communist and post-Soviet leadership in light of the latest research in political science, explaining why the democratization of Russia has all but failed.William Zimmerman argues that in the 1930s the USSR was totalitarian but gradually evolved into a normal authoritarian system, while the post-Soviet Russian Federation evolved from a competitive authoritarian to a normal authoritarian system in the first decade of the twenty-first century. He traces how the selectorate-those empowered to choose the decision makers-has changed across different regimes since the end of tsarist rule. The selectorate was limited in the period after the revolution, and contracted still further during Joseph Stalin's dictatorship, only to expand somewhat after his death. Zimmerman also assesses Russia's political prospects in future elections. He predicts that while a return to totalitarianism in the coming decade is unlikely, so too is democracy.Rich in historical detail, Ruling Russia is the first book to cover the entire period of the regime changes from the Bolsheviks to Putin, and is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand why Russia still struggles to implement lasting democratic reforms.

Authoritarianism --- Democratization --- 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt. --- A Just Russia. --- Activism. --- Alexei Navalny. --- Authoritarianism. --- Ballot. --- Belarus. --- Bolsheviks. --- Boris Yeltsin. --- Brookings Institution. --- Bureaucrat. --- Cambridge University Press. --- Central Committee. --- Chairman. --- Commissar. --- Communism. --- Communist International. --- Communist Party of the Russian Federation. --- Comrade. --- Criticism. --- Cultural Revolution. --- Decree. --- Democratization. --- Dictatorship. --- Dissolution of the Soviet Union. --- Dmitry Medvedev. --- Domestic policy. --- Eastern Bloc. --- Election. --- Employment. --- Enemy of the people. --- Europe-Asia Studies. --- First Chechen War. --- Foreign policy. --- General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. --- Gennady Zyuganov. --- Georgy Malenkov. --- Glasnost. --- Grigory Yavlinsky. --- High politics. --- Illiberal democracy. --- Inauguration. --- Intelligentsia. --- Izvestia. --- Kliment Voroshilov. --- Kulak. --- Lavrentiy Beria. --- Leninism. --- Leon Trotsky. --- Leonid Brezhnev. --- Liberal democracy. --- Mayor of Moscow. --- Medvedev. --- Michael McFaul. --- Mikhail Gorbachev. --- Mikhail Kasyanov. --- Militarization. --- NKVD. --- Nationality. --- New Economic Policy. --- Nikita Khrushchev. --- Nikolai Yezhov. --- Non-governmental organization. --- Old Bolshevik. --- Opposition Party. --- Party leader. --- Party secretary. --- Peasant. --- Perestroika. --- Politburo. --- Political party. --- Politician. --- Politics of Russia. --- Politics. --- President of Russia. --- President of the Soviet Union. --- Presidium. --- Princeton University Press. --- Protest. --- Raion. --- Ratification. --- Republic. --- Resignation. --- Russians. --- Secret police. --- Socialist state. --- Soviet Union. --- Stalinism. --- Supreme Soviet. --- Tax. --- Terrorism. --- The Great Terror. --- Totalitarianism. --- Trade union. --- United Russia. --- Vladimir Putin. --- Voting. --- War communism. --- World War II. --- Yury Luzhkov.